“Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s-Now,” on loan from the Tate Britain) opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) on December 6, 2023, and is on view until April 1, 2024. The AGO is located at 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Also see previous post Life Between Islands.]
EXHIBITION OVERVIEW: Making its way across the Atlantic to the AGO from Tate Britain, Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s–Now examines the relationship between the Caribbean and Britain and reconsiders British art history in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from a Caribbean perspective. Featuring more than 30 artists, including Frank Bowling, Aubrey Williams, Donald Locke, Horace Ové, Sonia Boyce, Claudette Johnson, Peter Doig, Hurvin Anderson, Barbara Walker and Alberta Whittle, the presentation spans a range of mediums, from paintings to documentary photography, film, and sculpture.
Life Between Islands addresses timely and relevant themes such as the role of culture in decolonization, the meaning of home, the reclaiming of ancestral traditions, the nature of Caribbean and diasporic identity, as well as racial discrimination and sociopolitical conflict. The artworks and themes presented in the exhibition reflect decades of Caribbean culture and thought, and celebrate the vibrancy, solidarity and creativity behind this artistic legacy.
Organized by the AGO and originated by Tate Britain. Co-Curated by David A. Bailey, Director, International Curators Forum, and Alex Farquharson, Director, Tate Britain.
The AGO presentation is overseen by Julie Crooks, Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora.
For more information, see https://ago.ca/exhibitions/life-between-islands
[Shown above: John Lyons, “Carnival Jouvert,” 2005. Oil on canvas. Halamish collection, London. Courtesy of Felix & Spear Gallery.]
“Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s-Now,” on loan from the Tate Britain) opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) on December 6, 2023, and is on view until April 1, 2024. The AGO is located at 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Also see previous post Life Between Islands.] EXHIBITION OVERVIEW: Making its way
